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The App Store is a digital distribution platform by Apple for downloading and updating iOS and other Apple operating system applications.
… Apple said the App Store facilitated over £46.5 billion in UK billings and sales in 2025, and commissions accounted for less than 3.5 percent of the total. The CMA denied that its proposal is price regulation. …
… But Apple now has increased the steps in Brazil to thwart competition. Epic Games also took issue with the fees Apple is able to collect. Apple has a 5% Core Technology Commission on sales of digital goods and services in third-party app stores and apps installed from third-party app stores. …
… They argue that allowing third-party app stores in China, as Apple already does in the European Union under the Digital Markets Act, would push its effective commission down to as low as 5%. Apple has faced mounting regulatory pressure over App Store fees worldwide in recent years. …
… If an app uses the App Store's in-app purchase system, there is an additional 5% fee. Developers with iOS apps on the App Store in Brazil will pay a commission of 15% on transactions for digital goods and services made on a website linked to by the developer's app. …
UK Pushes Apple to Loosen App Store Payment and NFC Rules Tuesday June 30, 2026 3:00 am PDT by Tim Hardwick The U.K.'s competition regulator has proposed letting app developers direct users to payment options outside Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store, in a move aimed at increasing competiti… …
… It warned that "forced alterations to Apple's carefully designed App Store could disrupt its integrated business model," and that remedies would "create regulatory uncertainty and could deter investments in India's digital economy." In its submission, Apple provided tables intended to show the CC… …
India Refuses to Let Apple Pause App Store Antitrust Case Tuesday May 19, 2026 4:52 am PDT by Hartley Charlton An Indian court has ruled that Apple must cooperate with a government investigation into its App Store practices, rejecting the company's attempt to put the case on hold via Reuters . …
… App Store in May 2025 after nearly five years off the platform. The return was forced after District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers threatened to require the Apple official overseeing app decisions to appear in court, which prompted Apple to approve the submission. …
… Apple Antitrust Articles Apple Sued for Pulling Co-Viewing App Rave From the App Store Rave, a cross-platform service that lets users watch movies and TV shows together, today filed a series of antitrust lawsuits against Apple after Apple removed the Rave app from the App Store in August 2025. …
… The change comes after the country passed a law that bans app store operators from requiring developers to use their own in-app purchase systems. Apple's developer update on apps distributed in South Korea begins with Apple saying that the App Store was... …
